intangibility
Cannot be grasped
Intangibility is the quality of being unable to be touched or grasped.
Physical intangibility describes things without material form—ghosts, holograms, radio waves.
Abstract intangibility applies to concepts that resist measurement or precise definition: the intangibility of happiness, the intangibility of brand value.
In business, intangible assets like goodwill or intellectual property have real worth despite their intangibility.
Absence of physical form
- incorporealityAbsence of physical form
- insubstantialityAbsence of physical substance
- nonphysicalNot of matter
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
theoretical · metaphysical · abstraction · indefinable · unquantifiable · nebulous · formlessness · imperceptibility
Quality of not lasting
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
transitory · passing · fading · vanishing · dissipating · short-lived · temporary · perishable
Relating to the soul
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- incorporealNot made of matter
otherworldly · supernatural · celestial · unearthly · vaporous · gossamer · wispy · wraithlike
Impossible to breach
- sacrosanctRegarded as too important to alter
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- unassailableImpossible to attack successfully
- immuneProtected from harm
exempt · off-limits · protected · shielded · inaccessible · unreachable · unobtainable · unattainable
immateriality
Absence of physical form
- incorporealityAbsence of physical form
- insubstantialityAbsence of physical substance
- nonphysicalNot of matter
conceptual · theoretical · metaphysical · abstraction · indefinable · unquantifiable · nebulous · formlessness · imperceptibility · bodilessness
impermanence
Quality of not lasting
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
momentary · transitory · passing · fading · vanishing · dissipating · short-lived · temporary · perishable · volatile
spiritual
Relating to the soul
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- phantasmalLike an apparition
incorporeal · otherworldly · supernatural · celestial · unearthly · vaporous · gossamer · wispy · wraithlike · diaphanous
inviolable
Impossible to breach
- sacrosanctRegarded as too important to alter
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- unassailableImpossible to attack successfully
immune · exempt · off-limits · protected · shielded · inaccessible · unreachable · unobtainable · unattainable · forbidden
- intangiblesabstraction, ideas, trust, concept, morale
- magical effectsinvisibility, teleportation, levitation, enchantment, hex
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, force powers
- supernatural statesenchanted, bewitched, hexed, cursed, possessed
- unclearnessvagueness, ambiguity, obscurity, haziness, fuzziness
- invisibilityinvisibility, invisible man, cloaking device, invisibility cloak, vanishing
intangibilitytangibility
Quality of being touchable
palpability · substantiality · corporeality · materiality · concreteness
intangibilitytangibility
Quality of being touchable
concreteness · definiteness · measurability · quantifiability · clarity
intangibilitypalpability
Capacity to be touched
concreteness · definiteness · graspability · perceptibility · clarity
contact, tangible, tactile, intangible, tangent, tangential, tangibly, intangibles, tangibility